I ment the ground on the wire harness connection to the coil went bad.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]> To: "Mark Reda" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] ground connections and hot wires > The ground for the coil went bad? I wasn't sure which component you were > referring to. > > Chad > > On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Mark Reda wrote: > > > I had a similar prob last summer. > > As it turns out the ground wire on the harness leading to the Coil pack went > > bad. > > All I did was splice a new ground into it and grounded it to the engine. > > > > Mark Reda. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Schumacher" <[email protected]> > > To: "Chad Rebuck" <[email protected]>; "16v" > > <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:44 PM > > Subject: Re: [a2-16v-list] ground connections and hot wires > > > > > > > Hello Chad > > > > > > Usually VW does both in modern cars, connect both to chassis and run a > > > brown wire. Even body grounds can have surprising resistance. Having the > > > wire there makes individual points redundant. Any wire that gets hot > > should > > > be looked into. Often it is not the wire but rather the lug/wire > > > interface. The copper wire is quite conductive of heat so it gets hot for > > > quite a distance from the lug. Also, for reasons totally unknown to > > > me, The wire VW uses can sometimes develop a rather high resistance. Best > > > thing is to go around with your voltmeter and measure the drops across > > > wires, lugs, connector pins, etc and see where the voltage drop > > > occurs. Use a needle or something sharp to access the wire about an inch > > > from the lug. A systemic approach to finding the actual problem then > > > replacing the deficient interface will keep the lights bright and the > > > blower blowing hard. > > > > > > Lotsa Luck Eric > > > 85 GTI with VR6 Power > > > > > > At 08:37 AM 7/9/03 -0400, Chad Rebuck wrote: > > > >I have replaced the stock battery terminals and run some additional > > ground > > > >cables to the engine and body. I've noticed that a ground wire (maybe > > 8 - > > > >10 gauge) is connected directly to the battery, which I think comes from > > > >the fuse/relay block ground terminal. This wire gets hot when the ac fan > > > >is on speed 3 or 4. Why would vw run a separate ground connection > > instead > > > >of grounding to the chassis or ground point next to the fuse block? I am > > > >suprised the insulation on this wire is still there - maybe it is because > > > >more current is flowing through the system with my upgraded connections > > at > > > >the battery? > > > > > > > >Chad > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > >a2-16v-list mailing list > > > >[email protected] > > > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > >For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > a2-16v-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > > >
